Gladiator remains from a recently unearthed cemetery in ancient Ephesus (Turkey) offer a
unique opportunity for proving common theories involving the weaponry and techniques of …

The gladiator cemetery discovered in Ephesus (Turkey) in 1993 dates to the 2nd and 3rd
century AD. The aim of this study is to reconstruct diverse diet, social stratification, and …

This chapter focuses on the women who took on a function in the games normally performed
by men, either by fighting as gladiators or venatores,“beast hunters.” DeMille was not far off …

Addressing the people of Rhodes at the end of the first century AD, the popular philosopher
and orator, Dio Cocceianus from Prusa, known to history as Dio Chrysostom,'The Golden …

This study explores the feasibility of the model of the 'cultural performance'to explain the
cultural significance of the gladiatorial munus in Roman society. It then turns to consider the …

Inscriptions, dating mostly to the second and third centuries ce, and graffiti offer first-hand
perspectives on the lives of gladiators and the organization of Roman spectacles. Examples …

The public fascination with the gladiators of the Roman Empire was exemplified relatively
recently by the highly commercial success of the US $110 million film Gladiator (2000) …

It is often mentioned that Reish Lakish (Shim'on ben Lakish), one of the most important
rabbis in the land of Israel during the 3rd century AD, had been a gladiator before he …

The participation of Jews in the arena, especially as gladiators, has received relatively little
attention. The few articles written on this matter suggest that Jews were both spectators and …

“The games” is a broad-ranging term that encompasses a number of ancient Roman terms
as interchangeable as they were imprecise: the ludi, the spectacula, the munera. In what …